My mother keeps asking if I will move back once I retire. I tell her that I cannot afford it. When my uncle’s small old house with two bedrooms, one bath, small yard, and separate garage is valued at over $1 million, and I own two much nicer houses valued at far less in what is actually an expensive state—why would I give up my higher standard of living? Why would I want to live in a shanty when I can live comfortably almost anywhere else in the country? Why would I want to surround myself with CA lunacy? And so forth. CA is beautiful, it is where I was born and raised, but the state I love has become a dysfunctional mess. I’d love to move back, but until the insanity is cured, I’m looking at retiring in the Deep South. There are actually very nice places to live outside of CA.
That's fine. And I never asked anyone to move here or to come back. In fact, I'd like to see maybe 10 million more people leave the state.☺
Btw, you're not the only one who left and would love to come back. I read an article not long ago where it indicated a high percentage of those who'd left over the past decade or so, would like to return or would return if they could.
Nothing stays the same and the liberal control of CA is changing and in decline as well, IMHO.
I’m wondering if part of the reason CA opposes deportations of illegals, is if they are chased out, housing prices would collapse.